xxiii, 405 pages : 32 cm

"Over the past 150 years, Japanese photographers have created an impressive body of work that ranges from dignified imperial portraits to sweeping urban panoramas, from early ethereal landscapes to modern urban mysteries. Despite the richness, significance, and variety of this work, however, it has largely been neglected in Western histories of photography. This gorgeous and groundbreaking book - the first comprehensive account of Japanese photography from its inception in the mid-nineteenth century to the present day - reveals to English-speaking audiences the importance and beauty of this art form."--Jacket

"Over the past 150 years, Japanese photographers have created an impressive body of work that ranges from dignified imperial portraits to sweeping urban panoramas, from early ethereal landscapes to modern urban mysteries. Despite the richness, significance, and variety of this work, however, it has largely been neglected in Western histories of photography

This gorgeous and groundbreaking book - the first comprehensive account of Japanese photography from its inception in the mid-nineteenth century to the present day - reveals to English-speaking audiences the importance and beauty of this art form."--BOOK JACKET

"The History of Japanese Photography has been organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Japan Foundation"--Title page verso

Includes bibliographical references (pages 386-389) and index

Foreword / Peter C. Marzio -- Preface / Fujii Hiroaki -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Periods and major events in modern Japanese history -- Map of Japan -- Editor's note -- Introduction / Anne Wilkes Tucker -- The early years of Japanese photography / Kinoshita Naoyuki -- The origins and development of Japanese art photography / Kaneko Ryūichi -- The age of modernism: from visualization to socialization / Takeba Joe -- Realism and propaganda: the photographer's eye trained on society / Kaneko Ryūichi -- The evolution of postwar photography / Iizawa Kōtarō -- Internationalization, individualism, and the institutionalization of photography / Dana Friis-Hansen -- Exhibition checklist -- Chronology -- Artist profiles -- Major photography clubs and associations -- Major photography magazines -- Selected bibliography -- Index

Jacket designed by Erin Mayes and D.J. Stout--AIGA Design Archives

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